The key attributes of the Employer of Choice Award outline the characteristics of well-managed, high-performing, industry leading organizations that provide a stimulating and supportive workplace.
Entrant organizations for this category are required to demonstrate their achievements across the key areas of innovative Recruitment and Retention Strategy, Training & Development, Employee Education, Recognition & Remuneration, Organizational Culture, Leadership & Strategy, Employee Health, Safety & Satisfaction, Work-Life Balance……….
*If more than 1 winner reached the best score level, panel of judges reserves the rights to award multiple winners for each of the categories.
This award aims to attract entries from high-performing organizations that are unlocking discretionary effort from staff through effective employee engagement. Judges will look for evidence of respected leadership, high levels of communication, and a strong sense of community that centres on shared values, including measurement data such as employee opinion survey results and turnover rates, to prove the success of strategy and implementation.
Learning and development impact all areas of the business, from productivity to retention. It matters to employees and it helps the organization grow, making it one of the most important practices for the organization. Judges are looking for innovative L&D strategies that are well structured, with a proven record of achieving their talent development objectives effectively.
This award recognizes an organization that has implemented an innovative initiative that increases staff employment and development opportunities for graduates and young employees. Successful entries should demonstrate how their graduate attraction and selection process recruits the most suitable employees; how their young employees learn and develop through focused training and placements; and how these programmes have benefited the organization.
This award identifies organization with the best innovative and most impactful Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practice. Entries should demonstrate the role of HR has played in the strategy and execution of CSR initiatives. They should demonstrate how CSR makes a difference to employees and the business through measurable results. Judges will be looking for an organization that has embedded CSR strategy throughout the organization and demonstrate its business benefits.
This award recognizes effective and innovative approaches to the targeting, selection and recruitment of talent at all levels. The judges will look for successful examples of innovative ways of attracting talent to the organization. Relevant to this category are new methods of talent attraction and acquisition, including those around social media; and the measuring and assessing capability and performance of candidates.
This award recognizes an organization that is using the latest HR-specific technology to greatest effect, making it a responsive and effective HR operations. The judges will look for outstanding case of employing technology to improve the HR efficiency. Entries should outline the Innovation in the types of technology used, alignment of the use of the technology with the organization’s broader goals and efficiencies gained from use of technology.
Entries of this Award should demonstrate that the organization has undertaken a successful change programme, resulting in clear improvements to the business. Judges will look for examples of HR’s role in managing and embedding change, which might, for example, focus on creating or modifying major structures and processes in the organization. Entries should explain how the programme was successful and its benefits to the business.
This award recognizes organizations that has adopted a proactive approach to leadership development and succession planning. Judges will look for imaginative initiatives which review by HR team and working in conjunction with others in the business. Entries should describe the organization’s unique business practices with respect to develop leadership capability, and explain what action has been taken to identify and nurture key employees in leadership and how this has benefited the organization.
This award recognises the programme which help employees achieve a healthy work-life balance. The programme strives to increase employee satisfaction, and subsequently, productivity and performance. Entries should provide an overview of the strategies and evidence to demonstrate the success of the implementation, and demonstrate the unique role of HR in helping companies and employees work together to accomplish a reasonable work-life balance.
This Award recognizes an organization with well-rounded HR strategies which foster a diverse work environment and aim at integrating each individual into the company. Entries are required to indicate the rationales and practices that demonstrate why the D&I strategy was implemented and how it is linked to broader business strategy.
This award celebrates an organization that has demonstrated the most unique, compelling and practical internal or external HR communication strategy. Entries should clearly show that how was the strategy deployed and through what means, as well as how it has strengthened the organization with the evidence of success.
This award acknowledges an organization that has developed outstanding strategies and practices to improve the workforce stability and productivity effectively. Entries should provide an overview of the strategies and evidence to demonstrate the success of the implementation, such as the impact on employee productivity & retention, staff turnover rate and return on investment.
Entrant should demonstrate the corporate strategy and HR initiatives that maximizes the value for enterprises, society, consumers and employees as well as integrating social, economic and environmental elements into an enterprise’s strategies of development. The judging will recognize corporations that have put HR efforts and contributions in the any of the four following assessment categories: Workplace Quality, Environmental Protection, Operation Practice and Community Involvement.
Health and wellbeing are essential elements to increase employee performance, productivity, job satisfaction and engagement within the work environment. This award goes to the organisation which could clearly show that how were the policies and practices deployed and leaded to healthy employees with a high state of wellbeing.
Employer brand management describes the reality of the employment experience and not simply its presentation. By doing so it supports both external recruitment of the right kind of talent sought by an organisation to achieve its goals, and the subsequent desire for effective employee engagement and retention. This award recognises the HR teams which create a strong employer brand and effectively leverage that brand to add value to the organisation.
Great organizations understand the value of showing appreciation to employees. They also realize that it is not feasible to expect appreciation from the employees if they're working in a company culture that doesn't include mutual appreciation. Building a culture where all team members feel valued and actively support one another is important. It helps the organizations to reach the goals more efficiently and not at the expense of wearing out all who are involved.
This award acknowledges an organization that has developed outstanding strategies and practices to building an appreciation culture effectively. Entries of this Award should clearly show that how was the strategy deployed and through what means, as well as how it has strengthened the employee engagement with the evidence of success.
This award looks for training interventions that have significantly benefited the organization, particularly if the professionals involved have developed new approaches. Judges will want to see the well-designed, innovative and well-delivered programme, with evidence of improved performance and gains in employee skills and capabilities. Entries should show how training has boosted motivation and helped focus staff on key organizational objectives.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) has been in the spotlight increasingly in recent years. The success of sustainable business illustrates how employees meet with the mission of the organization through leadership, corporate culture and HR practices. This award acknowledges an organization that has developed outstanding strategies and practices to integrating a comprehensive ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) approach to the human capital.
This category recognises outstanding strategic responses to Managing the impacts of COVID-19 on the workforce. Entries should distinguished itself by establishing employment policies that enable employees to balance their work and family commitments, and to stay healthy and happy during the pandemic of COVID-19. Judges will be looking for sound strategies, decision making, and ongoing communication with employees.
This category recognises the organizatiobs with the most outstanding flexible work culture. The winner will have made flexible work an integral part of its values and practices of people management. Entries should distinguished itself by establishing HR strategies that enable employees to balance their work, individual life and family commitments.
This award recognizes leading organizations with regional and multi-locations presence in Asia Pacific region, which have developed into leading workplaces through practices that demonstrate effective employee recruitment, engagement and retention. In particular the organization, the award looks for a complementary alignment of strong regional HR strategies and agile localized solutions for effective local market employee recruitment and engagement which makes the company a great place for work for.
Organizations that are currently operating a business in 2 countries within Asia Pacific region are eligible to enter.
This award recognizes the leading organizations with multilocations presence in Greater Bay Area, which have developed into leading workplaces through practices that demonstrate outstanding people culture. Judge will be looking for a complementary alignment of strong HR strategies and agile integrated solutions for effective employee engagement which makes the company a great place to work for.
Organizations that are currently operating a business in 2 cities within Greater Bay Area are eligible to enter.
This award recognizes dynamic organizations that develop totally new approaches with their strategies across the HR industry. Its objective is to explore the innovative thinking of people management and become a trend setter for the HR practices. Entries are required to propose a self-designed award title and clearly show that how was the HR strategy deployed and through what means, as well as how it has strengthened the organization with the evidence of success.
Entries should demonstrate what specific actions were taken to design, develop, launch and communicate this initiative, and what was the ultimate impact of this learning initiative within your client’s organization.
The winners of this category are able to provide employers with a deep talent pool to choose from and show they have a good understanding of the talent needs.
The winners of this category should demonstrate a healthy track record & best in the industry by improvising the HR initiatives & HR Strategies for their clients through technology application. The judges will look for evidence from a technology solution service provided with contribution in meeting the client’s current and future challenges with measurable outcome.